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ERP for marine equipment manufacturing

Marine work is long, expensive and heavily documented. A hull or a marine engine assembly runs for months, the specification changes while it is being built, and the build record has to survive long enough to support a vessel that will be in service for decades. The practical difficulty is keeping the as built version straight when the as sold version has been revised four times. Alibera plans from the bill of material, keeps revisions and their history against the order, and exchanges data with supplier and accounting systems through files or the REST API.

Production processes
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01In this category

Processes covered

Every process below runs on the same core system. The differences show up in configuration, in which modules you switch on, and in what gets integrated.

Marine Equipment Manufacturing
Navigation, propulsion, and deck hardware for vessels.
Ship Component Manufacturing
Hull structures, fittings, and propulsion parts for ships.
Marine Engine Manufacturing
Diesel and electric propulsion engines for commercial vessels.
Offshore Equipment Manufacturing
Platforms, risers, and subsea equipment for offshore energy.
Boat Building
Design and construction of recreational and commercial boats.
Marine Electronics Manufacturing
Radar, sonar, GPS, and communication systems for marine use.
Anchor and Chain Manufacturing
Heavy-duty anchors, chains, and mooring equipment.
Marine Pipe and Fitting Manufacturing
Corrosion-resistant piping systems for marine environments.

02What it has to do

What these companies need from an ERP

The capabilities below are the ones that come up first in discovery calls with companies in this category.

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Bills of material and planning

Multi level bills of material with make to order and make to stock planning, so a confirmed order drives the material requirement and the work orders rather than a separate spreadsheet that somebody has to remember to update.

02

Traceability and audit trail

Every login, change and deletion is logged with the user name, a timestamp and a description of the action. It is a core feature rather than a paid extra, so when a customer asks who changed a quantity or a specification, there is an answer.

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Talking to the systems you keep

A REST API secured with keys and signed tokens, plus Excel and CSV import and export as standard. Accounting, e-commerce and CRM data can be exchanged through a dedicated interface or through files, whichever is cheaper to maintain.

Tell us which of the 248 you run

A discovery call is a conversation about your process, not a scripted product walkthrough. If Alibera is a poor fit for what you make, we will say so on that call.